About Balias Village

Balias is a mid sized village in Dhuraiya tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,540, made up of 826 males and 714 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135 hectares hectares.

Balias Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balias village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Dhuraiya
Area (hectares)	135 hectares
Population	1,540
Male Population	826
Female Population	714
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	864
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Balias compares

By the 2011 count Balias is the 52nd largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 135 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Balias

Balias is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Balias as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Balias from other places

Balias lies about 26 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Bela, about 11 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Balias
Nearest railway station	Bela	11 km
Nearest town	Purāini	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuraiya	26 km
District headquarters	Banka	26 km

Villages closest to Balias

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhuraiya tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Balias

As per the Census of India 2011, Balias village had a population of 1,540. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Balias village has 826 males and 714 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balias has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Balias covers 135 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Balias falls under Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Balias is Bela, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balias.

Balias is about 26 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balias is in Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district. Bela is about 11 km away. Purāini is about 17 km away. Dhuraiya is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.